| Date | 6 September 1960 |
|---|---|
| Location | Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Dixie Willis |  AUS | 2:05.9 | 2:06.03 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Joy Jordan |  GBR | 2:07.2 | 2:07.29 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Vera Kummerfeldt |  GER | 2:07.2 | 2:07.34 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Yekaterina Parlyuk |  URS | 2:07.5 | 2:07.71 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Ine ter Laak-Spijk |  NED | 2:10.2 | 2:10.36 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Gül Çiray |  TUR | 2:11.4 | 2:11.55 | |||
| 3 | Ursula Brodbeck |  SUI | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Sebastiana Alvarado |  MEX | – | – |
